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Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (15:17): Supplementary, sir. When the Premier describes youth unemployment in the northern suburbs as being tiny, can he illuminate the house as to how many individuals are unemployed in the northern suburbs of South Australia?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (15:17): Many less than those unemployed when they last were in office—many less.

The Hon. P.F. Conlon: Many fewer.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Many fewer than when they were last in office, and that is because we take seriously our obligation to training and to ensure those young people complete their schooling. For those who are wondering how they are going to actually achieve their largesse when they throw their $230 million at the big end of town, it will be the very programs that we have invested in to keep those young people at school, to train them, that will be on the chopping block. Make no mistake about it: that is what will happen. The so-called waste they talk about that they want to cut out of the public sector will be those very programs that have achieved those outcomes and we will be right back where we were in 2002. I think the South Australian community understands that and that is why they will reject the negativity and the cutting of those opposite.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before the next supplementary, the member for Unley is warned for the second and final time and I call the member for Waite to order. Leader, a third supplementary.

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